2013 Major League Baseball: World Series- Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Cardinals

My girlfriend is flying into Logan tonight at 7:30 and she will have to cab it. There is no way I'm driving through Boston rush "hour" + World Series traffic + Obama traffic.

Jayhawker wrote:

:-(

The best sentiment I heard on local sports radio was that if Boston beats Wainright twice, they deserve to win the World Series. I don't feel like St. Louis is done, because Wacha can beat anyone. But having to win 2 on the road in one hell of a tall order. All i can hope for now is for Wacha to do his things, force a game seven, and then root on Joe Kelly to come up huge.

If Wacha wins tonight, game 7 should be very interesting. The way Peavey's pitched in the playoffs I'm guessing he'll be on a short leash if he starts at all. I wouldn't be surprised to see Doubront, or Lester or Buchholz on short rest. Maybe some sort of pitcher by committee?

I have to believe the bats are going to wake up for one of these teams. Right now each team has only three players that looks competent at the plate.

My wife kicked me out of the living room where we were watching the game. Seems I was jinxing the Sox in the 6th/7th innings (when I went in to watch with her).

:/

Fingers crossed the Sox have it. Good games all around.

That, was tense.

Really needed a big hit there from Craig.

tboon wrote:

My wife kicked me out of the living room where we were watching the game. Seems I was jinxing the Sox in the 6th/7th innings (when I went in to watch with her).

:/

Thank your wife for me. You almost screwed up the whole season.

it's ok tboon. You're alright with me. Go Sox!

Pretty amazing turn around considering Beer and Fried chicken gate + trading away Gonzalez/Crawford/Beckett with the two former being pretty damn good for LA.

jowner wrote:

Pretty amazing turn around considering Beer and Fried chicken gate + trading away Gonzalez/Crawford/Beckett with the two former being pretty damn good for LA.

Pretty sure it's the new beard action. Magic beards.

Not ready to concede, but just told my wife that at least I really like the Red Sox. It's a really fun team.

Congrats, guys.

Congrats to the Sox! Hell of a series--really fun to watch.

Hurray! Jinx removed and Sox win!

Really good series, very enjoyable. Congrats to the Cards who are a great team.

Congrats to the Red Sox, but now the Red Sox/Yankees network (aka ESPN) will only become more insufferable. Would they used a line like the one that is currently on their front page, "Boston's clinching win -- in front of its fans -- transcended sports." if Cardinals would have won?

Ugh. Boston fan just became more insufferable.

<------ Insufferable?

tboon wrote:

<------ Insufferable.

....do you really want the answer to that?

MacBrave wrote:

Congrats to the Red Sox, but now the Red Sox/Yankees network (aka ESPN) will only become more insufferable. Would they used a line like the one that is currently on their front page, "Boston's clinching win -- in front of its fans -- transcended sports." if Cardinals would have won?

Yeah, the networks are trying to make a big deal out of it to increase viewership. The story should have been something like, "Two strong franchises both try to win their third championship of the decade". Clinching your first World Series at home since 1918 is meaningless.

Trophy Husband wrote:
MacBrave wrote:

Congrats to the Red Sox, but now the Red Sox/Yankees network (aka ESPN) will only become more insufferable. Would they used a line like the one that is currently on their front page, "Boston's clinching win -- in front of its fans -- transcended sports." if Cardinals would have won?

Yeah, the networks are trying to make a big deal out of it to increase viewership. The story should have been something like, "Two strong franchises both try to win their third championship of the decade". Clinching your first World Series at home since 1918 is meaningless.

Agree. ESPN's New England/New York bias sucks and is insufferable (as an insufferable, I know insufferable, and they are). I am sure I will get sick of hearing about the Sox' championship by tomorrow.

I swear to god, there's a John Le Carre novel hiding somewhere in this A-Rod v. MLB clusterf*ck.

Prederick wrote:

I swear to god, there's a John Le Carre novel hiding somewhere in this A-Rod v. MLB clusterf*ck.

That or a Martin Scorsese movie. I love the image of A-Rod's attorneys tracking down a caddie.

Prederick wrote:

I swear to god, there's a John Le Carre novel hiding somewhere in this A-Rod v. MLB clusterf*ck.

Haha!

I really want to read "Alex's People" or "The Constant Non-Clutch Homer Hitter" or "The Delicate Slap" or "Tinker Tailor Soldier Baller" or, er... "Our Game".

So this full page ad appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today.

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Easy to be the bigger team when you win, but still... Classy of them.

"Let's hope that it's just a prelude to meeting again in October."

PLEASE GOD NO

Slumberland wrote:

"Let's hope that it's just a prelude to meeting again in October."

PLEASE GOD NO

We don't care who we play. I just hope Matheny has learned his lessons for the next run!

Soo....I guess the Tigers were able to trade off Fielder.

I seriously thought we'd be stuck with him for the whole contract, but it looks like the Rangers were willing to deal. And with getting Kinsler, we've got a nice infielder plus a really good lead off bat. Toss into the mix the money that the deal frees up, and we might actually be able to hold on to Scherzer, too. Holy crap.

I'm sorry to see Freese go, but I hear this PBJ kid is pretty good...

What curse? Didn't the Sox win in 2003 and again in, like, 2007? (When the Rockies got stomped?)